Events
HM King Harald to present the 2003 Abel Prize
to Jean-Pierre Serre
In celebration of the very first awarding of the Abel Prize, various events are scheduled to take place to honour Abel Laureate Jean-Pierre Serre as well as the memory of Niels Henrik Abel. The press is welcome to all events except the audience at the Palace.
What follows is a preliminary briefing on the events we believe may be of interest to the press.
1 June 5.00pm: WREATH LAYING
Jean-Pierre Serre will lay a wreath at Gustav Vigeland’s Abel Monument on Abelhaugen in Slottsparken (the Palace grounds).
2 June 10.00am – 11.00am: ABEL LECTURE
Jean-Pierre Serre will hold an Abel Lecture entitled Prime numbers, equations and modular forms in Auditorium 1 in Georg Sverdrups hus (the University Library) on the Blindern campus of the University of Oslo.
2 June 12.00pm – 5.00pm: MATHS CARNIVAL
Maths carnival on Universitetsplassen in Central Oslo. Pupils aged 10 to 12 will participate in playful mathematical activities.
At 3.15pm, Minister of Education and Research Kristin Clemet and the Abel Laureate Jean-Pierre Serre will visit and hand out prizes to the winners of:
• KappAbel (contest for year 9 pupils)
• The Abel Competition (contest for upper secondary school pupils)
Compère: Stian Barsnes Simonsen, known from NRK’s Reser programme
Entertainment: Vegar "Shortcut" Olsen, known from NRK’s Topp 20 programme
Sirkuskompaniet
3 June 10.00am: INTERNATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE
Press conference at Annen Etage, Hotel Continental,Stortingsgata 24-26,
Oslo.
3 June 12.00pm: AUDIENCE
Jean-Pierre Serre will have an audience at the Palace.
3 June 2.00pm: PRESENTATION OF THE 2003 ABEL PRIZE
The Abel Prize will be presented by HM King Harald in the University of Oslo Aula in Central Oslo.
Musical performance by Det norske Solistkor and Nils Petter Molvær.
Everyone must be seated by 1.45pm.
Members of the press who wish to attend are kindly asked to register: info@abelprisen.no
3 June 7.00pm: BANQUET AT AKERSHUS CASTLE
Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, on behalf of the Government, will host the Abel Banquet at Akershus Castle.
Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja will attend.
Note: For press accreditation, please contact:
Karin Steenstrup, Ministry of Education and Research
karin.steenstrup@ufd.dep.no
Tel: +47 22 24 74 70
4 June 10.00am – 4.00pm: ABEL SYMPOSIUM
A mathematics symposium will be held in Auditorium 1 in Georg Sverdrups hus (the University Library) on the Blindern campus of the University of Oslo.
4 June 7.00pm – 11.00pm: GARDEN PARTY
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters will host a garden party at its premises in Drammensveien 78.
